On Tuesday January 17th, Cass McCombs returned to the HI-FI stage on tour following the release of his tenth studio album Heartmind. From this album, and included in the setlist that night was “Karaoke” – best described by Grayson Haver Currin (Pitchfork) as “a god-level burst of power-pop perfection, as fetching as anything Cass has ever cut. The springy staccato guitar, the vaporized electric keys, the melody seemingly born for singing or clapping or dancing along[…]”
- Sacred Heart
- A Blue, Blue Band
- Bum Bum Bum
- Robin Egg Blue
- New Earth
- Belong to Heaven
- Laughter Is the Best Medicine
- Love Thine Enemy
- Music Is Blue
- Karaoke
- Meet Me Here at Dawn
- Medusa’s Outhouse
- Sleeping Volcanoes
Encore: - That’s That
- Bury Mary
Cass McCombs + Band
Photos by Doug Fellegy
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Kolumbo
Brooklyn-based composer, arranger, keyboardist Frank LoCrasto and his band (together as Kolumbo) opened up the night with tropical mystique and tiki-jazz tunes that would make anyone dream of wicker furniture, pristine beaches, swaying palm trees and the smell of sun tan lotion.
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Photos by Doug Fellegy